(UK, figuratively, by extension) To risk everything on a single chance or to bet heavily on a particular outcome.
(UK, figuratively, by extension) To risk everything on a single chance or to bet heavily on a particular outcome.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) To divide up the booty.
Obsolete British criminal slang from the thieves' cant tradition, meaning to divide the stolen loot among the members of a criminal crew. Nap here means to take or seize, and regulars refers to the established shares owed to each person. Thieves' cant was a deliberate secret language used by criminals, beggars, and traveling people in 17th–19th century Britain to talk openly without being understood by outsiders.
(UK, army, slang) To finish; to put an end to; to kill.
(slang, indelicate) A state of permanent rest; the state of death.
(card games) In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks a success, rewarded by a double payment all-round.
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